New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12
ANOTHER ATLANTIC DAY.
THE BIG BAY RIDGE sLOOP WINS EASILY
AGAIN


STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SEAS BRING OUT THE
TITANIAs GOOD PoINrs-A FINE DAY FOR
THE SAVANNAH CLUB REGATTA.
The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club are pro-
verbally lucky in fixing their regattas for days
when there is wind enough to make Q race 90
lucky IN fact that rival organizations are prone to
the belief that their sailing committee have
tacit understanding with the weather clerk
to furnish just what Ia wanted in the
weather line. II that 10 true no charge Of
remissness could be made against that clerk yes
terday. better day for yachting could hardly
be imagined The atmosphere was clear, the sky
oloudless, aud. better than both, O good sailing
breeze prevailed from sunrise to sunset. The SIS
outside the Hook was trfo too heavy, perhaps,
but then that only affected the smaller craft.
and on the whole. rather added to the excitement
For once no element OF chance
entered into the contests and the
big sloop Atlantic had an opportunity to show that
her victories in the Atlantic and New-York Yacht
Club reGattas were not due solely to ber good
fortune. She led the whole feet over the course
and finished first with plenty Of time to spare
She carried her large dress Of canvas in splendid
style and won through good sailing qualities and
superior handling. In such weather it WAS
generally believed that the Gaatea would have no
trouble at all in defeating her American compot-
itOrs.
"If Lieutenant Hem don't win prize to-day he
never WILL" was the substance Of an oft-repcated
expression. and betting men we're giving odds that
he would. They lost, though for the big cuttef
was the last Of her class to get home. coming in
over minute behind the Priscilla with whom she
had some lively contests at close quarters at sew
eral points along the course.
The surprise of the day the unqualified vIo-
tory of the Ttsnia that second-class sloop which
Burgess designed and which had made such poor
showing in previous races that nearly every one
was ready to denounce her as failure. G. Oliver
Iselln, her owner. has had the ut
most confidence in her. however. and now
that she has proved herself worthy of thai
confidence he is as proud of her as a weil-known
man about town Ia of exclusive style of hat
When the yacht crossed the finishing line he threw
bis cap up to the peak and yelled like an INDIAN
and Designer Burgess. who sailed in her, gave eY-
press on to his pent-up joy by turning handspring
on the deck. She certainly made splendid record
occupying only eleven minutes and nine seconds
more than the big Pride of Bay Ridge IN going
over the course and beating the Shamrock, by
whom she was badly defeated three times this sea-
son, nine minutes and thirty-three seconds.
However fast Mr. Maxwells yacht with the Irish
cognomen may be 10 hight airs. her performance
yesterday, taken in connection with her experiences
in the sauall on Thursday. lead to the conclusion
that she is not stiff enough to do well with whole
sail breeze coming her beam and choppy sea
under her bow. She was fairly oyerpowered by the
City Island boat, and was handsomely oeatel oy
At the hour for starting the regatta piping
breezIng from the northeast was rum ng the sur
face of the waters IN the harbor and giving tue
amateur shippers of the racing boats cause Tor
carefully considering just how much cloth 1T vas
be st to hoist Commander Canield, OF the Prisc.l.
stability of his beautiful boat and
brought her to the line with maInsai. fore staysailt
these. large club topsalL Ex,Commodore Latham
Fish, no stood at the wheel OF the Atlantic. aud
| Lieutenant Henn, of the Galatea, were satisfied
| The schooner Clio had her topmasts housed and
the GracIe Culprlt FAY aud Marietta. to be on the
safe side. had reefs in their malnssis
At about IL O'clock the tug Luckenbach, on
which were the Race iommlttee-Lours r. Bayard.
Francis o. de Luze. L. +. dOremeuix, jules A.
about 300 yards west of buoy No. Is. oil Owls
Head aud steam yachts. steamboats, and tugs cius-
tered about. Among them were the iron
steamer Taurus. carrying club, members aud
friends the steam yachts Lucille, Vision
and Puzzle, and the tugs Burgess and
Excelsior The course for the schooner' and flrst,
betwee the committees boat and the buoy TO
BUOY No 10 on the Southwest Spit to buoy No. sl9.
to and around Sandy Hook Lghtship, ana return
by the sane route to buoy No. Is, quarter CT
m,le north OF the West Bank. The fourthclass
soops only went as far the scotland Lightship.
and the fifth class to buoy No. ). Of the point OK
The preparatory signal was sounded by the Luck
enbach's whistle at los and then the yacht. be-
Five minutes later the starting signai for schoon.
ers and trst-cass soops and cutters was glven and
the rush began The Atlantic had stood well up
toward Governors Island before the hrst
signal was made aud when she came about and
bore down on tho line the distance had been
40 nicely calculated by her skipper that she got
e;aIatea and Priscilla, which had been lowering
around the starting point. The Galatea crossed as
llO7O1 and the Priscilla forty-hye seconds later,
and then came the schooners Ibis Clio aud Magic.
or the boats in the other classes which were sig
nailed 60 start at 1:15 the Stranger took the lead
followed by the Oracle l,,ania shamEUX Ro%n
Mona, lseult, CulprIt Fay aud beatrlcc. Inc iass
five boats failed to cross before the expiration OF
the Eve minutes time limit and were handicapped.
the Rival is seconds the Mono 20 seconds, the
iseulr minutes 10 seconds. the Culprit Fay U
minutes 2 seconds, aud the Bet trice 10 minutes 10
seconds. .,, A.,
The big boats made straight reach through the
Nauows but some of the little fellows tackled IN
toward Long Island shore to get out OF me strong
winnng at the same time When the bulk OF the
fleet got into the Lower Bay the wind shifted
around to the eastward ana ts veiociy esd
ND well under this and continued TO carry every
stitch of canvas she started wlth put the PrlsciIa
did not behave 80 well aud substituted a gan top
sail for the cluo
As the Shamrock came out from under the lee OF
the land. the sndden burst of wind gave her a
knockdown blow aud her topsall was taken IN In
hurry. The little Oracle clung tenacioasly 10
hers until she got off Lower Hospital Island when
the wind snapped her topmast Oh little above
the mast head, aud the sail came down
by rhe run The stick IN falling tore large hole
in her mainsail near the foot. The wreck was
quickly cleared awsy aud the boat continued on
her course few minutes later the !seults top:
sail was carried away. Between DIxs Island and
almost side by side the greater part or the
time Once the cutter tried to lu across the Prls-
cllia's bows bat vas unsuccessful ana Tell BACK 70
leeward 1be Atlantic In the meanwhile WAS
gradually increasing her lead. The times OF the
leading boats in rounding buoy No. 10 was:
m n m. O.
Atlantic 30 TitaBa. ....-.-.... lz;lo5y
Priscilla .i2025s shamrock.. =; iS3s o